Ramshot and accurate Powders
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What are you asking? Not sure I understand the question. There are duplicates such as A-2230 is the same as Ramshot Xterminator and A-2520 is the same as Ramshot Wild Boar (not sold in US).
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I think one of the reasons is a lot of their powders are ball powders and other company’s ball powder are sitting on the shelves to, I.E. superformance, StaBALL 6.5, and lot of other Winchesters.
^^^^^^ this is my thought also.
Most of what is on the shelves is what has made it thru shipping
easily. Most of the AA powders are out of Canada made by General
Dynamics. No Boats at anchor to wait for. Ramshot though was made
in Belgium. Not sure where it's sourced from currently. I do use Ramshot
Hunter, and like it. At a point in time, the Ramshot line was not popular
with all the other powders being available. Times have changed.
The other day I loaded up some 168amax in my 30-06. Had a half can of 10 yr old Ramshot Big Game. Said what the heck, i'll save my H4350 for later. After I figured out the load I was able to hide 5 shots behind a dime at 100. Velocity was good. I needed some H335, my old 223 go to, but couldnt find. Local gun shop had a couple of can of obsolete H322 gathering dust. Best 5 shot group was .13 with that stuff. Now I am playing with 3031.
bozo699
Gold $$ Contributor
3031 isn’t talked about much anymore but I’ve used a lot of it in my .243 winchesters and I’m my 6mm Remington with great results. I haven’t seen any on the shelves in a long long time, idk what your planning to run it in but I bet you like it, I have north of 15 lbs I am guessing should be plenty to finish out my barrels
Wayne
used it in 223 ar with 70gr sp for brush deer load and shot tight. Used it in my 30-06 with 125gr plinkers and did well too. it was half the price of other powders on shelf so why not!
Adam in WI
Practically lives here
Last week I had a jug of Ramshot Magnum on my doorstep for $231. That should take up a good portion of barrel life in the .25-06...
freebird22/250
Silver $$ Contributor
Ramshot Big Game works great in my 22-250's
jghoghunter
Gold $$ Contributor
I bought some ramshot lrt to try in my 300 ultra. I bought the lrt because it looked like it could be used in anything from a 308 to 338. It puts 5 shots from the 300 ultra in 6" or less at 1000 yards.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Likely the people leaving ramshot powders on the shelf have tried them before.
bozo699
Gold $$ Contributor
Not a ball powder fan Dusty or just Ramshot?
Wayne
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Both
My 243 loves 3031 with the 100 interlock. with groups of .1 and very consistent. My 250AI shot well with it also. It is a very under rated powder and very versatile IMO. As already said, Ramshot was never all that popular and is made by PB Clermont in Belgium and all spherical powders. They are excellent powders and Ive had excellent accuracy with both Big Game and Hunter in several rifles. Accurate powders are hit and miss with the GD powders being spotty and the spherical powders made for them by PBC being as plentiful as the Ramshot powders and the St Marks powders are showing up more often.
I recently got six pounds of Accurate 4064 to preserve my stash of medium rate stick powders. It was a little disappointing in 308 at less than near max charges. However, Accurate recommends it for 30-06 and it's the best I've ever used in my 30-06. Works great in 223 with 69-77 grain bullets where absolute top velocity is not needed. It's good to have while IMR4064 and the 4895's are hard to find.
OUCH! lol
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